LangesMigrantMother-300-webThese scriptures on hopelessness will give you hope and will build your faith. Confess and meditate on them to win the fight against hopelessness.  The whole fight is about not losing Hope. Allow the hope of God to flow into you. Remember, there is a real Person (God) behind each and every one of these promises. He promised them to you for a reason – to help you.

Depression is the emotional result of hopelessness. Joy is the emotional result of hope. Peace is the emotional result of faith.

God’s hope encourages, motivates, and keeps you on the road to faith, peace, and victory. Hopelessness breeds and creates the ‘feeling‘ of depression. Fight it with the Word of God. And if you suffer from deep ongoing depression, PLEASE READ THIS – Helping Others Is God’s Prescription for Depression. Send me a comment, we love you  and we want to help you. You are important and you have value. You will get out of this hole.

Anyone who is among the living has hope. Ecclesiastes 9:4
Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18

No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame. (Psalm 25:3)

You are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 25:5)

May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:22)

Those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. (Psalm 37:9)

Why are you downcast, o my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5)

In your name I will hope, for your name is good. (Psalm 52:9)

Find rest, o my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. (Psalm 62:5)

You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. (Psalm 65:5)

For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. (Psalm 71:5)

But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. (Psalm 71:14)

I have put my hope in your word. (Psalm 119:74)

Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. (Psalm 119:116)

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Romans 15:4)

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. (2 Corinthians 3:12)

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. (Ephesians 1:18-19)

There is one body and one Spirit – just as you were called to one hope when you were called– one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:4-6)

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ form the dead. (1 Peter 1:3)

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  1. This is spiritual warfare …….. the battle we all face to walk in the truth of God’s word and His promises regardless of our circumstances. I would encourage each of you to not do this walk alone. I hope you are all in a good Bible teaching church, are studying the Word and are involved in Christian community with people praying for you and encouraging you. If possible, find a church that has a Celebrate Recovery program which will help you grow in your spiritual walk. The Bible says we are transformed by the renewing of our minds, but we often need help to learn how to do that. The Celebrate Recovery program gives you steps and tools to break free of hurts, habits and hangups while experiencing God’s healing power……….all done with group support. Be greatly encouraged that Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). Don’t settle for anything less when God is offering this to you!

  2. I am turning 21 this june and I tried to become a doctor since day 1..i need to get through entrance exam to be able to study mbbs in my country and I’m going to give my 3rd attempt on 7th may this year..there is not even 1month now and I still have lots of things to cover and I’m feeling so hopeless.I really really want to become a doctor but I feel like I’m not qualified enough but i’ve wasted so much of my time..I really need motivation right now so please pray for me so that the holy spirit would stay within me and help me

    1. Hello Krystal,

      Thank God for life and for the feeling of a sense of purpose. One thing I would recommend asides praying for success in your exams is talking to God about his plans for you.

      Does He really want you to be a doctor? Now I’m not saying you’re not moving quickly because it’s not His will, but sometimes we’re usually on a journey we choose for ourselves. God let’s us sometimes, other times, He doesn’t.

      Speak to God as your confidant. Explain what is happening and how you feel. Ask if it is His will for you to go this route. I pray God answers all your prayers. Amen.

  3. I am feeling so hopeless! With all that’s happened/happening in my life it has caused me such depression and anxiety I feel like I’m at the point of no return! There’s got to be hope for me somewhere somehow. Please God have mercy on my soul!

  4. I am 51. I am unemployed and am trying for one since the last one year . I worked as a Country Sales Manager for a company which went into financial troubles and when the situation arises that they could not pay salaries to the employees, I stopped attending work . I am in touch with the company leadership and want to rejoin once they can pay me again . The company owes me a large sum due to salary dues and which they can’t pay at the moment. I made lot of professional and financial mistakes in the past and it haunts me all the time. I try to blame myself for every wrong or every bad circumstance in my life. I am also struggling to defeat my self pity attitude. I was a strong believer in God and His Son Jesus Christ before . I still believe but I feel I am very weakened spiritually. Please pray for me.

    1. Dear Jay,
      I can see you are too much worried because of your financial insecurity. Trust me your condition is far better than others who have undergone major problems, losses, accidents, disabilities in life. I have personally seen a man who met with an road accident 15 years before, had major head injury, still bed ridden and in coma. His wife is taking care of him after leaving her job. In fact she has sold all her properties for her husband treatment hoping that one day her husband will be normal like you.
      God says
      “Anyone who is among the living has hope. Ecclesiastes 9:4”
      So please believe God, he says you are among living and you have hope. It’s a great blessing that you are in Christ and I am sure God has blessed you with abundant life. Please keep praying. God loves you. God wants you to do direct conversation with him. God bless you always..

  5. Hi Taylor. I will pray for you and I am thinking of you. Your story really touched me. I am experiencing difficult times with my career as well feeling like the rug has been pulled out from under me. Your story I can certainly identify with! I am 33 but am still experiencing similar troubles as you are. I too am feeling tired and lacking in hope. I will be sure to keep you in my prayers as I give my concerns over to the Lord for I too am weary and in need of help. Keep your chin up. If you believe and hold on to any small amount of faith you have left God will not let either of us fall. That is his promise to us.

  6. Taylor,

    Take courage, beloved for God has not forgotten about you. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you?
    I know first hand how devastating loosing everything can be. I recently lost my husband to incarceration and I have 3 young children that I am raising and caring for on my own. I have no degree and no real work experience because I was a stay at home mom before my husband was incarcerated. It is so easy sometimes to fill my heart with thoughts of regret. For all the mistakes I made and all the time I could have done this or that. But the Word of God has sustained me. And it will sustain you, too, if you allow it.
    Have faith in God. He can change your circumstances over night if He so pleases. Until then… don’t lose heart. He’s already given us everything we need to walk in victory.
    Praying for you.
    ~Be blessed

  7. I’m 51 years old and single without kids. I was laid off from a job I loved in 2010 after being there 25 years. I’ve had 11 jobs since I was laid off. 2 jobs I really enjoyed but left for what I thought were better opportunities but they weren’t, I was miserable. I was just recently let go from my 11th job. I have no savings and I’m feeling hopeless and feeling suicidal. I don’t have a college degree and the field I have most experience in there is not a great demand for it. I wake up everyday not knowing what to do with myself due to the hopelessness. I don’t know what to do. I’ve made so many mistakes professionally and financially. I used to be so Faithful bur now I feel like I’ve lost all my Faith. Please help me with my life, I’m drowning in despair.

    1. Taylor,

      I’m almost 50 with two kids (one materialistic teenager at home) and today I about had a heart attack – no it was a panic attack but I presume that’s what a heart attack feels like. I have 37 cents to my name and no food in the house, rent takes tomorrow’s paycheck and there still won’t be much food in the house. But somehow I think that was my low point and I decided today to look for scripture to help me through it. I hate when people tell me God’s testing me or only giving me what I can handle – my whole life has been this way. Many of my church friends have 2nd houses, beautiful vacations, large homes and retirement accounts. I have none of that. I also don’t have a college degree or a long employment history with a company. What I do have … God. That’s it. It has to be enough. He has to clear the depression and hopelessness. I am trusting God to do that. And I hope he does it for you too. God Bless You!

      1. I too was looking for scripture on hopelessness and came across this site. I am thrown off somewhat to actually read about so many feeling the same way I do now and for a while.
        My issue stems from financial chaos from bankruptcy, possible letter of home foreclosure, no money in bank, retired from federal job after 27 years, breast cancer with a Mastectomy, hip replacement, no savings, don’t have energy to do much of anything, in pain cause the other hip is giving out and I never thought my life would be anything like this. I have had to seek for food at the mission bank and it really hit home that I feel so alone. Family may help some, but they too have their own families to take care of. I do believe and I am doing all I can to hold on, but it is so hard!!! I feel like so many of these my brothers and sisters.
        Please continue to talk cause I need this.

  8. Ally,
    I completely understand where you are coming from due to a similar situation growing up by my mother and my grandpa. I had been able to almost forget that anything happened my whole life until about the age of 30, then everything started resurfacing and I still don’t know why it did. I became a prisoner to my bedroom and was not at all the mother I wanted to be to my two children. I still feel guilt about that. I have been diagnosed with bipolar, manic depressive disorder, PTSD, ADD, OCD, social anxiety disorder, fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s, etc. and I am now disabled when I used to have nothing wrong with me. All of that began approximately 10 years ago. Now I’m fighting to get myself back! God is the only way! You cannot do it alone. The first thing you have to do is forgive your mother for what she did to you. It doesn’t make it right or better, but living with bitterness only hurts you, not her. You do not have to have a relationship with her, that is your choice. Once you have forgiven her, you have to start the healing process. Learn to love yourself again. Focus on God! I do not go to church every Sunday but I pray! I repent! I read the word! I live to the best of my ability and I treat people the way I want to be treated. Get help with a therapist, it helps to talk about it. But always remember that it was not your fault or bc of you! Your mother was fighting her own demons and thought only about herself! Unfortunately too many people in this world only care about themselves. But you can change that by teaching your boys what unconditional love is. Find comfort knowing that you are a wonderful mom! God sent his son to die on the cross for us! Can you imagine doing that, I can’t. That is unconditional love. Honey with God by your side, you will overcome your pain and heartache, you are worthy of so much love! God and your boys have that love for you. I’m sure your mom does too, she just doesn’t know how to show it and that may stem from her childhood. Look at the obstacle you have already overcome by defeating the odds, not repeating the viscous cycle of how you were raised, and providing a loving home for your boys. Be proud of yourself for that! I’ll be praying for you and all of you in pain. May God bless you all!

  9. Hi i’m enock,i was working in a certain company, due to asking my justice i was terminated,though i have a loan which is uncompleted & i’m not able to pay coz i have no job,even my wife has started looking down on me,i have no money to pay even hse rent,i feel like i have been come to un end,indeed i feel hopelessness.

  10. Does someone actually read these comments & follow up on them? I am a christian but have gotten hurt by many in the church so where does that leave me. I sleep day & night just to avoid the pain I feel in my heart & soul.

    1. Hi Sister in Christ! I happened upon this website today and I want you to know that I read your post and I want to encourage you. God desires to heal every hurt. I prayed for you today. God bless you!!

    2. Do not be distracted by the works of the enemy. Unfortunately there are people in the church who are still sinners. We will forever be because we are in the flesh. I assure you if you return or attend a different t church and share what had happened to you, you will be welcomed with loving arms and even offered apology on behalf of the church and prayer. Don’t be fooled! God wants a relationship with you. He loves you

    3. Cynthia, I sleep more than I should too for the same reason. Today I decided to stop after having a panic attack because I have only a few cents and no food and rent is due and …. but then out of nowhere (from God no doubt) I felt I needed to pursue him as he has chased after me all these years. It will still be a while before I join a church (burn story) but I can find God w/o a formal setting and by reaching out to my church friends. God Bless You!

  11. Your mother loves you and your son. Maybe she feels some of the stress you’re feeling and is coming off like she’s not to concerned with what you’re going through. Try to direct your mindset to and on the word of God. Challenges – trials, are tools God uses to help us trust Him more. You can make it, keep your hope and believe what God’s word says❤

  12. I appreciate your words that you wrote. I am feeling so much that same way, feeling frustrated. I share your pain.
    I am in school with Liberty University Online, and I feel hopeless with understanding computer language and it seems that my life seems to be falling apart, too. I wake up every day seems to feel like the weight of the world is on my chest. I seem so exhausted and every day I feel like a steep, uphill battle. I’m normally a very outgoing person, even though I remember sitting down every night, wondering when it would ever get better. I knew it would, eventually. But when you’re so deep in that pit of sadness, it’s hard to see how even God will bring you out.
    By God’s grace, in times like these, I’m encouraged to explore the hope of God’s Word.
    1. The pain won’t last forever
    He will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared. – Revelation 21:4
    2. Praise God, even when it’s hard
    Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God. – Psalm 43:5
    3. Give your burdens to God
    Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28
    4. When you are weak, God is strong
    His answer was: “My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.” I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ’s power over me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9
    5. Keep your eyes on Jesus
    I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me; he freed me from all my fears. The oppressed look to him and are glad; they will never be disappointed. – Psalm 34:4-5
    6. God will strengthen you
    But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak. – Isaiah 40:31
    7. Don’t stop praying
    Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times. – Romans 12:12
    Ya-know reviewing these helpful pieces of scripture makes me feel some better but it is still an up hill climb.

  13. Hi guys, I was in a long term relationship with the father of my son but we recently broke up. Through the years I have been doing small contract jobs which no longer come my way. I had to move in with my mom coz am broke I can’t even feed my son at times I feel like am not needed her like am a burden to her and her comments at times get to me and I wish I had a way out . Been feeling hopeless I find myself wishing I was dead and didn’t have a son. At times I lash out at him for no reason. I am slowly slipping into depression. I can’t seem to find a job. Having no strong education background does not help the situation. I really need a lot of guidance and prayers.

    1. Your mother loves you and your son. Maybe she feels some of the stress you’re feeling and is coming off like she’s not to concerned with what you’re going through. Try to direct your mindset to and on the word of God. Challenges – trials, are tools God uses to help us trust Him more. You can make it, keep your hope in believe what God’s word says❤

    2. Your mother loves you and your son. Maybe she feels some of the stress you’re feeling and is coming off like she’s not to concerned with what you’re going through. Try to direct your mindset to and on the word of God. Challenges – trials, are tools God uses to help us trust Him more. You can make it, keep your hope in believe what God’s word says❤

    3. Your mother loves you and your son. Maybe she feels some of the stress you’re feeling and is coming off like she’s not to concerned with what you’re going through. Try to direct your mindset to and on the word of God. Challenges – trials, are tools God uses to help us trust Him more. You can make it, keep your hope and believe what God’s word says❤

  14. Ally- I’m sorry you’ve had to go through this, a mother is our first source of love from the very beginning of our life. Your gonna have to start fresh, don’t let your mom be the voice in your head anymore let God, let words of hope guide you and they should never rest in people alone because people fail. Read inspiring stories, uplifting words, quotes of the hopeful. Most importantly believe, believe in you!

  15. I have felt abandoned my entire life bc my mother didn’t want me and when she did have me sparingly throughout my childhood she never treated me like she loved me and when she got tired of being a mother she would drop me off at my grandmother’s house and leave for months and sometimes up to a year at a time without any explanation or concern for my feelings or well-being which always left me heartbroken and yurning to have her with me bc I did love her and all I ever wanted was for her to love me back but I never truly felt that she did as well as always wondering when she would come back or if she would come back. She eventually gave custody of me to my grandmother when I was 14 and i lived with my grandmother untill I was 18 and only seen my mom sparingly throughout those years only bc she had no where else to go but at the time I didn’t know that’s why she was there bc she would tell me that she came to see me bc she missed me and wanted to see me so she would come and stay with us for a week or two and then just up and leave again leaving me heartbroken and unwanted every time without any care at all about how she continued to make me feel and the ongoing pain caused me to subconsciously distance myself from anyone and everyone else in my life incuding my grandmother bc I am a very sensitive person and I would internalize all of the horrible things that I had to go through which caused me to devlope an inability to trust anyone and the inability to except any kind of love from anyone I went on to have three little boys at an early age and I believe now that I did that bc I subconsciously wanted so deeply and always had the continually growing yurning for that feeling of real guniune love that I have always witnessed other people recieveing but never got or felt before in my entire life. Once my children where born I focused all of my love and attention on them and continue to do and I always will. But once they where born and I actually allowed myself to be loved I believe all of the stuff from my childhood began to get repressed . well my son devolved a very rare blood disorder and we have been battling this for 6 years now but my mom decided to tell me that I didn’t care if my son lived or died and once I heard her say that it was like she triggered all of my repressed memories and they all came flooding back which through me into a spiraling depression. I have taken meds for it and overcame the worst part of it and discontinued the meds but I am still slowly coming out on the other side of it. All of this has left me hopeless and without faith bc I just can’t undertand or trust anyone who is supposed to love me Can allow all of this trauma to happen to me not even God himself.

  16. I have felt abandoned my entire life bc my mother didn’t want me and when she did have me sparingly throughout my childhood she never treated me like she loved me and when she got tired of being a mother she would drop me off at my grandmother’s house and leave for months and sometimes up to a year at a time without any explanation or concern for my feelings or well-being which always left me heartbroken and yurning to have her with me bc I did love her and all I ever wanted was for her to love me back but I never truly felt that she did as well as always wondering when she would come back or if she would come back. She eventually gave custody of me to my grandmother when I was 14 and i lived with my grandmother untill I was 18 and only seen my mom sparingly throughout those years only bc she had no where else to go but at the time I didn’t know that’s why she was there bc she would tell me that she came to see me bc she missed me and wanted to see me so she would come and stay with us for a week or two and then just up and leave again leaving me heartbroken and unwanted every time without any care at all about how she continued to make me feel and the ongoing pain caused me to subconsciously distance myself from anyone and everyone else in my life incuding my grandmother bc I am a very sensitive person and I would internalize all of the horrible things that I had to go through which caused me to devlope an inability to trust anyone and the inability to except any kind of love from anyone I went on to have three little boys at an early age and I believe now that I did that bc I subconsciously wanted so deeply and always had the continually growing yurning for that feeling of real guniune love that I have always witnessed other people recieveing but never got or felt before in my entire life. Once my children where born I focused all of my love and attention on them and continue to do and I always will. But once they where born and I actually allowed myself to be loved I believe all of the stuff from my childhood began to get repressed . well my son devolved a very rare blood disorder and we have been battling this for 6 years now but my mom decided to tell me that I didn’t care if my son lived or died and once I heard her say that it was like she triggered all of my repressed memories and they all came flooding back which through me into a spiraling depression. I have taken meds for it and overcame the worst part of it and discontinued the meds but I am still slowly coming out on the other side of it. All of this has left me hopeless and without faith bc I just can’t undertand or trust anyone who is supposed to love me Can allow all of this trauma to happen to me not even God himself.

  17. Ryan,We are all sinners,saved by God grace.As long as you’ve ask God to forgive of your sins,it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.God looks at all our sins the same,big or small but if you confess your sin to Him he will forgive you and it’s no place for anyone to judge you.prayers to you.

  18. My girlfriend is trying to loose hope in this Great God just because her resit exam had the same result as the first one and she’s saying God has not being fair to her because she’s being doing His will. I need advice so I tell her. I’ve cautioned and strengthened her but I think it’s not enough. I made her listen to ( HE’S ABLE – DEITRICK HADDON) and I gave her Psalm 42:5 to meditate on. I need more assistance people of God

  19. I am trying to change so bad I hate the darkness..My past haunts me daily I hate sin it disgust me. I try to turn my life over to god but others see me as sinner still

    1. Ryan,
      What matters is how the Father sees us. He said in his word, that our sins are cast as far as; the East is from the West never to be remembered. I am so thankful for that. Yes, sometimes it is easy to get caught up in how people see us, but when that happens I remind myself that I must keep my eyes on Jesus and let him see me as the new creature he said I was. Be encouraged that God has something for you as you make steps forward to receive the promises he has for you.

  20. The battle is not over Mandy
    We do suffer, at times from our choices, at times unjustly.
    One language of the heart your Father, thru Jesus, understands is suffering.
    “I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!”
    Psalms 27:13
    Psalms is a wonderful book of the Bible through which God speaks to us, during troubled times.
    Read, call, pray

  21. Hi I don’t know what to say and where to begin For the past 7years our lives have been a nightmare We lost everything due to false accusations We have two teenage children suffering . For a long time I’ve been struggling with depressions and hopelessness I see the people that did this to us happy and living life while we continue to suffer and I ask myself Why ? There isn’t anything this situation has done to us it has destroyed us in every area of our lives

  22. I have lost all hope in yrelationship with my husband and father of my precious son. He oat his parents at 17 ad has has many cane gee through is life.. We have been together 16 years. He has an alcoho and drug problem.. He is verbally abusive and in denial.. I know it’s the disease .. Hey died worshipping but hegira up and relapses everytime.. He is now 53..Ihave given upon his recovery and our relatio ship.. The few moments of happiness we share isn’t worth the brokenness my son and I have lived thru , my son is 13.. Sometimes it’s just over and done… Prayer is not enough

  23. i am alone ive lost hope in God please pray for me. My life seems like i have no hope. Please pray that i regain my faith in the lord..

    1. Prayer Request: O Lord thank you for ur love, mercy and grace. Daddy i need ur light to lead me in this mission u have called me into. Wisdom, knowledge, understanding and enablement in His Service. Pst VUM

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